'They chained me to the ground': Detainees at Alligator Alcatraz allege harsh punishment by guards
Since it opened this month, the Florida immigrant detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz — located for maximum punitive effect in the remote and gator-infested Everglades — has come under intense scrutiny for its controversial cage-cell conditions, not to mention its threat to the environment.
But WLRN has learned that detainees are also now alleging controversial punishments they receive — including, as one charges, being made to stand in the sun for hours on end for arguing with guards.
“They chained me to the ground," a Nicaraguan migrant seeking U.S. asylum told WLRN in a phone call from inside Alligator Alcatraz.
"I was in the sun, like, from one o’clock to seven o’clock in the evening — without no water.”
The Nicaraguan man, who is Black and asked WLRN not to use his name for fear of government retaliation, claims that over the weekend he had an argument about new detainee clothing rules with a guard who he says called him the n-word.
https://www.wlrn.org/immigration/2025-07-22/alligator-alcatraz-detainee-punishments
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